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It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing colors, the weather starts to get colder, and political signs are crapping up the side of the road.

For the first time in my life I have found myself uninterested in what’s going on in the political world. While the debates were on, I watched baseball or caught up on “The Walking Dead.” How American of me, right?

I blame my lack of interest on both Mitt(ens) and Barack. I don’t like either of them. Mitt’s just a career politician who has spent years trying to get on the presidential ticket and I don’t like how Obama’s handled the last four years. And

I think that sums it up.

then there’s the people. The conservatives say that Obama didn’t do a thing these last four years. I disagree. He passed ObamaCare, openly supported gay marriage, appointed a Supreme Court Justice, and is partly responsible for the operation that finally killed Bin Laden. (Though is he completely responsible for it? No.) And then you have the liberals who just bash Mitt for…well, everything. They condemn him for saying that he would defend PBS, demand that he release his tax records, and can’t let that “binders full of women” thing go. But it doesn’t help that Mitt changes his mind like every three seconds either.

As Rolling Stone pointed out in a great article, there were topics that weren’t even covered during this election season. One that I was definitely curious about is the legalization of marijuana which has been a hot ticket lately and is already up for vote in three states. Where do Mitt and Obama stand on that? Why didn’t we hear more about gay marriage? How to lower gas prices? Student loans for God sakes? Both candidates spent more time (literally) taking jabs at each other. We completely strayed from the issues. The presidential debates should have informed Americans how to vote and instead, it showed us how idiotic the candidates are with their bad jokes and constant interrupting. America’s already divided as it is. Now, these two guys are trying to tell us that they’ll bring us together when they can’t even get along with each other? Psh. Please.

I’m tempted not to vote this election, even though it’s the first time I’ll be eligible to vote. I don’t think either candidate deserves my vote. But even so, voting is a privilege and a honor that people have died trying to protect. Out of respect for them, I decided that throwing away my vote would be stupid. But I don’t have the attention span or the patience to stay informed in an election I don’t care about.

How I've felt this election season.

It’s a hard issue. I think everyone should care about the way their country is handled, but I’m starting to lose faith in the people we’ve appointed and even nominated. Politicians promise us the world and we gobble it up every election season. But nearly half the time, it’s more like opening up the giant box on Christmas morning thinking it’s something awesome and it turns out to be a pair of socks. In other words, a complete disappointment. I can keep hoping that my candidate is going to make things better, but I’m sure about five months in I’ll start wishing I voted for the other guy.

I used to be so enthusiastic about politics. Now, politics are just eh. Maybe some day I’ll get some of that enthusiasm back when I feel like I can believe in a candidate again. But until then, I just can’t wait for election season to be over.

Anybody else disappointed this election season? Sound off in the comments below.